Zealandia: Earth's Hidden Continent (GSA Today)
Zealandia: Earth's Hidden Continent ( MORTIMER et al. , 2017) https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/27/3/article/GSATG321A.1.htm Zealandia Topography , NOAA ; Link
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Chinese Scientists Start 38th Ocean Exposition Trip
http://china.org.cn/china/2017-02/06/content_40238107.htm ( Xinhua News Agency ; February 6, 2017) The Jiaolong Submersible: Jiaolong Submersible Returns with Findings from W Pacific (Newsroom, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; July 14, 2016) http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/news/201607/t20160714_165691.shtml Jiaolong reaches 7,020 m beneath sea ( Xinhua/China Daily News ; June 24, 2012) http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/24/content_15519982.htm Selected Research Articles: Laser Raman detection of authigenic carbonates from cold seeps at Formosa Ridge and east of the Pearl River Mouth Basin in the South China Sea ( XI et al ., 2018 ) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1367912018300294 Accepted Manuscript: https://ac.els-cdn.com/S1367912018300294/1-s2.0-S1367912018300294-main.pdf?_tid=spdf-9874116c-6bc1-4796-b064-22adecb3e8ea&acdnat=1519847125_992d9f529ffc913a3f561c639cf0a57c Microbial Community Structure of Deep...
Three Astronomical Events in One Night - February 10, 2017
How you can see the lunar eclipse, snow moon, and New a Year Comet on the same night (Emily ALLEN, The Telegraph UK , February 6, 2017) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/0/can-see-lunar-eclipse-snow-moon-new-year-comet-night/ February's Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Alan MAC ROBERT, Sky &Telescope ; February 3, 2017) http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/feb-10th-penumbral-lunar-eclipse/ Preview: Comet 45P/HONDA-MRKOS-PADJUŠKÁKOVÁ Brightens in December (David DICKINSON, Universe Today, Updated February 3, 2017) http://www.universetoday.com/131745/preview-comet-45phonda-mrkos-pajdusakova-brightens-december/ Website : Full Moon Names: Native American Names for Full Moons ( The Old Farmers Almanac ) http://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-names
Ancient Continental Crust found Beneath the Island of Mauritius - East Africa
"Lost Continent" Found Under Mauritius [ University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) ; 31 January 2017] https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2017/2017-01/lost-continent-found-under-mauritius.html Nature Communications Research Article: Archaen zircons in Miocene oceanic hotspots rocks establish ancient continental crust beneath Mauritius (ASHWAL et al., 2017) http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14086.pdf